Tag: starvation
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July 11, 2008 11:38 PM EDT --
Every single day.
Every day that goes by...
An average of 24,000 people from starvation.
Every day.
Non-stop and without so much as a mere mention on the nightly news.
On . . . more
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July 08, 2008 10:01 PM EDT --
POLITICAL PLUNDER OF THE WEEK:
WHITE HOUSE LIES TO THE WORLD ABOUT BIOFUELS
A new report from the International Monetary Fund estimates that biofuels are responsible for as much as 30% of the global . . . more
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April 21, 2008 06:48 AM EDT --
"Acts of compassion key to preserving wealth is a civil society."
--Bruce Marqart, director for a New York City soup kitchen, trying to make ends meet as food prices . . . more
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March 16, 2006 12:56 AM EST --
In my church journaling group we have been exercising with little assignments to chronicle our faith during Lent. This week's exercise was to make a list of sufferings of Job, of our own, of Jesus . . . more
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August 18, 2006 12:25 AM EDT --
3,000 people died after 9/11. The US has spent Trillions to make sure this doesn't happen again, and has only made the world more dangerous and made the U.S. Enemy #1.
Religious organizations spend . . . more
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July 16, 2007 12:26 PM EDT --
I just read this in the news and it is so shocking to me! I mean, I enjoy spending Gather time, but I pay attention to the clock and feed my children as well as spend time with them outside and take care . . . more
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October 07, 2007 06:10 PM EDT --
In a world of excess and wastefulness,
people live lavishly with shelter and food abound.
Life taken for granted.
Tucked away in a remote corner of the world,
I sit crouched . . . more
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January 31, 2008 05:23 PM EST --
Crop Damage and Floods from 2007 Throw Haitai into State of Emergency
For many Hatians the mud upon which they walk is the only thing preventing starvation. The 2007 hurricane season dealt a crushing . . . more
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July 07, 2008 01:45 PM EDT --
That's what my mother kept telling me back in the depression years when I was a little girl. And she meant it! So I would sit there alone at her oval mahogany dining-room table staring at the two . . . more
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November 19, 2007 09:22 PM EST --
Hello, and welcome to Common Cents , where we discuss topics relevant to those living below the poverty line and other topics that are of importance to those living paycheck . . . more
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April 22, 2008 10:10 PM EDT --
I heard a statistic today which is staggering: 800 million people on this planet are chronically hungry. There is a world food crisis, if you haven't heard. And because of the cost of fuel, it makes . . . more
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August 20, 2007 02:54 PM EDT --
Introduction
The symptoms of hypoglycemia include dizziness, lightheadedness, irritation, anger, anxiety, fatigued, aches, cravings for sugar or simple starches (cakes, croissants, colas, fries, . . . more
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October 23, 2006 03:36 PM EDT --
Nobody has died of old age in the USA for the past half century. That category of cause of death was eliminated in 1951.
Now everyone must die "from" something.
There is only one real cause . . . more
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April 05, 2007 12:09 AM EDT --
Books reviews are not my forte. In fact, I've never written a review of any book I read, ever. Reading "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario, however, really set my hair follicles . . . more
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June 02, 2007 06:13 PM EDT --
No Child Left Behind? This one sure was!
A Vulture, waiting for his meal to stop squirming.
"No Child Left Behind" sounds real . . . more
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June 12, 2008 02:17 PM EDT --
Hunger In North Korea
I have put off writing this piece for almost two months... researching and hoping to find some bit of information that would soften the prediction... some hope for the people of . . . more
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March 24, 2008 08:31 PM EDT --
Lost in the widespread alarm over the gasoline price spike is the fact that almost the entire human race has enountered the equally threatening reality of rising food prices. The money that disappears . . . more
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November 04, 2006 06:34 PM EST --
Three weeks ago the Lewis-Upshur Animal Control Facility of Buckhannon, West Virginia picked up what appeared to be a 12 to 14-week old basset hound puppy. The puppy in question was in a state of severe . . . more
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January 30, 2008 10:29 AM EST --
I am reposting this article based on the most recent statements of our president (see Bush's press conference last week) and his administration lackeys over the past week. As you can . . . more
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March 11, 2006 10:00 AM EST --
Today another American Hostage was confirmed dead. While I would not dare comment on anything about his man's life - I can comment on the futility of dying for other people. For giving up for . . . more
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